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the true L. undatus there were very distinct black bars, as 

 broad as the white space between them, and the abdomen is 

 only slightly washed with yellow. 



Hab. South Ethiopia (Lake Chain and Omo System). 



Type $ ad., Gardulla, west of Lake Gandjule, 15.1.1901 

 {coll. 0. Neumann). 



Lybius undatus salvadorii, n. subsp. 



Similar to Lybius undatus undatus, but with the under 

 surface not barred, but having broad black spots ; abdomen 

 strongly washed with sulphur-yellow. 



Hab. Harar Mountains. 



Type $ ad., Dinki, near Harar (Ragazzi Coll., Mus. Turin). 

 Other specimens from Dinki are in the Turin Museum, as 

 well as in the British Museum, which also possesses a youug 

 bird from Bellawa near Harar. 



In Mr. Neumann's opinion, these forms, as well as L. leuco- 

 genys, Grant, and L. thiogastcr, Neum.. were mere subspecies 

 of L. undatus, and all were geographical races of the same form 

 with separate distributions. Thus L. thiogaster inhabited 

 Bogos Land and N. Abyssinia, L. undatus Godjam and Shoa, 

 L. leucogenys the western slopes of the Abyssinian plateau, 

 L. gardullensis Southern Ethiopia to the south of the Hawash, 

 and L. salvadorii the Harar Mountains. 



On the other hand, L tsancs, Grant, was considered by 

 Mr. Neumann to be a good species, which was on first sight 

 nearly allied to L. undatus, but was really quite a distinct 

 form, as it occurred together with L. undatus and L. gardul- 

 lensis. 



Mr. W. Ruskin Butterfield exhibited a female specimen 

 of the Orphean Warbler (Sylvia or pheus, Temm.) which had 

 been shot by Mr. A. Kite on Filsham Farm close to St. 

 Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, on Oct. 7th, 1903. The specimen 

 was brought to Mr. George Bristow of that place and 

 examined in the flesh by Mr. Butterfield. 



In the 4th edition of YarrelFs ' British Birds' two reputed 

 occurrences of this species i^n England were mentioned, but 



